Health Equity

No, the Tuskegee Study Is Not the Top Reason Some Black Americans Question the COVID-19 Vaccine

Abstract: For a long time, researchers have believed Black people would not participate in clinical trials because of the infamous Tuskegee syphilis study. They were wrong. We risk repeating the same mistake with the coronavirus vaccine.

Publication: KQED

Date Published: February 25, 2021

Author(s): April Dembosky

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